Newcastle qualify for Europe

Newcastle can celebrate qualification for the UEFA Cup after a 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Anfield.

Newcastle led early on through a Shola Ameobi strike, but Michael Owen's clinical finish with 24 minutes left left everything on a knife-edge.

Leeds took the lead when Bowyer advanced through the middle and found Ameobi in space on the left. The striker slipped home an angled shot inside the far post.

Newcastle had the better of the first half but the home side recovered after the break and Michael Owen equalised with his 19th goal of the season.

In the 66th minute Gerrard angled a ball into the box from the right that deceived Titus Bramble and fell perfectly for Owen to run onto and with one movement send it skimming away from Given's despairing dive.

Newcastle held on and were assured a place in Europe thanks to Man Utd's 2-0 win at Aston Villa.

United took the lead with the earliest goal of the day when Cristiano Ronaldo took advantage of space in the Villa defence to move the ball into the box. Once there, he unleashed a low curling shot that deceived Thomas Sorensen and beat him by the near post.

Villa had barely recovered when United scored a second. Ruud van Nistelrooy brought down Paul Scholes' 50-yard pass in the box and took it round Sorensen before rolling it into the unguarded net.

The home side will put their failure to win the UEFA Cup place down to a pair of dubiously disallowed goals late in the game. United for their part will be pleased with a performance marred only by some harsh refereeing.

Rob Styles gave out nine yellow cards, including two for Duncan Fletcher and two for Cristiano Ronaldo, that left United to finish the game with nine men.

Fulham spoiled Bolton's end-of-season party with a 2-0 win at the Reebok Stadium.

Fulham took the lead a minute before the break with Brian McBride heading home unmarked at the back post to stun Bolton following a cross from Bocanegra.

McBride scored his second 12 minutes from time when he got on the end of a cross from Sean Davis.

Harry Redknapp put his row with chairman Milan Mandaric behind him as Portsmouth romped to a 5-1 victory over Middlesbrough.

Aiyegbeni Yakubu scored four and Teddy Sheringham, playing his last game for Portsmouth, scored the fifth as the visitors struggled to make an impact.

Boro scored through Bolo Zenden when they were just 2-0 down but they were unable to compete with the hosts in the remainder of the match.

Wolves signed off from the Premiership with a defeat, beaten 2-0 at home by Tottenham.

Goals from strike duo Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe ensured Wolves defender Denis Irwin brought the curtain down on his glittering career with a defeat at Molineux.

Another Wolves veteran, Paul Ince, saw his Premiership career end on an even lower note, he was sent off after tangling with Jamie Redknapp.

Manchester City ended a miserable season with a five-star display to compound Everton's own misery as they bowed out on a depressing low note.

Paulo Wanchope set City off to a glorious start with two goals in the first half hour and Nicolas Anelka contributed a third to leave City in the driving seat at half-time.

Substitute Kevin Campbell, who scored his last Everton goal on the last day of last season, brought the visitors back into the game with a second half strike.

However, it was not enough to save Everton from their lowest Premiership points total and City ran away with the match in the dying minutes with first Antoine Siberski and then Shaun Wright-Phillips finding the back of the net.

Alan Curbishley was determined to ensure Charlton's season which had promised so much did not end in disappointment - and he will be a happy man after the 2-1 win over Southampton at the Valley.

Charlton have not scored on the last day of the season for eight years but they put an end to that streak with Goals from Jason Euell and substitute Carlton Cole either side of half-time.

Southampton pulled one back on 64 minutes when Prutton smashed the ball in from close range but it was not enough to spoil Charlton's celebrations.

Substitute Stern John weighed in with a late equaliser to ensure that Birmingham's season ended on a high note at Blackburn.

City were slipping to defeat as they laboured in a seemingly vain attempt to cancel out Andy Cole's 24th-minute opener.

However, with just seven minutes remaining, John turned up at the far post to head home a Damien Johnson cross and deny Rovers the victory which had looked to be theirs for the taking for much of the game.